The endorsement puts Huckabee at odds with two other potential presidential candidates — former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney — who have endorsed Handel, and places him in the same company as former House Speaker and Deal endorser Newt Gingrich.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is throwing his support to former Rep. Nathan Deal’s campaign for governor of Georgia on Thursday, just five days before the Republican runoff primary that pits Deal against former Secretary of State Karen Handel.
The endorsement puts Huckabee at odds with two other potential presidential candidates — former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney — who have endorsed Handel, and places him in the same company as former House Speaker and Deal endorser Newt Gingrich.
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It might still end up as a great year for Tennessee Republicans, who are poised to win at least two open House seats and perhaps even a third. But it may take some time after Thursday’s primary for all the wounds to heal after an exceptionally bruising few months.
The reason is that in the three open House seats, Republicans have spent the past few months engaging in smash-mouth electioneering for a handful of offices that haven’t had new blood in them for quite some time. Meet Basil Marceaux, Republican candidate for Tennessee governor. Then again, there’s a good chance you already have.
By Jessica Taylor and Alex Isenstadt
Bill Haslam claimed the Republican nomination for governor in Tennessee Thursday, fending off two prominent officeholders who attacked him as insufficiently conservative. The Knoxville mayor won by a convincing margin over Rep. Zach Wamp and Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, taking 48 percent of the vote, with 98 percent of precincts reporting. Wamp, a Chattanooga-area congressman, finished second with 29 percent while Ramsey finished third with 22 percent. By Jessica Taylor and David Catanese Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, who narrowly escaped defeat in a 2008 primary, was defeated by state Sen. Hansen Clarke Tuesday, making the Democratic congresswoman the fourth House incumbent to be defeated in a primary this year. The Associated Press called the race with 56 percent of precincts reporting and Clarke holding a 47 percent to 41 percent advantage over the seven-term incumbent. The veteran Detroit congresswoman was hurt by her steadfast defense of her son, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, amid his repeated criminal prosecutions. |
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